Story of K: An Infinite Golden Light (Sci Fi Action) (Space Fiction) (Robot Fiction) (4 page)

Unbreakable

Finally the end was at hand. The Rotkennk Builder
turned experiment Gold was finally ready to meet his end. It would be the
end of it all, his torture, his suffering, and his persecution. He smiled
as he thought of the silence. He didn't know why either. Death was
dreadful and if legends were to be believed then he would simply return to the
Rotkennk collective matrix anyway reprogrammed and then remade into some other
Builder ignorant of his past.

Gold: "I won't be lazy. I'll go out fighting,
using these same powers that were given to me by the Rotkennk rulers against
them."

Gold flared his aura again one final time. He charged
as much power as he could in his small window of time and condensed the power
inwards. He was more than conscious now as the golden power had seemingly
produced a feeling of drunkenness that even his nanite healing abilities could
not stop.

Gold: "How shameful. I cannot believe that I like
this so much. Perhaps it is best that I die here. This power is
like to turn me into a monster hehehe."

Down below him he saw the bright blue light. Most
likely Positron energy and it was being charged in high volumes. It
looked like two bright blue stars that were slowly getting closer, but behind
them Gold knew that there was a terrifying beast of Rotkennk origin.
Somehow the sons of K'OS, the Masked Ones Xen and K had become this beast after
their defeat at Gold's hands. Separately their power had nearly been
enough to defeat Gold when they worked in tandem, but now that they were truly
combined their ferocity had been completely unbeatable. The creature
below him didn't even seem like the brothers at all. It was truly a
monster.

Gold: "Now's my chance! Before this monster can
charge up its attack completely, I will charge it!"

Gold rapidly pushed towards the creature with a massive
explosion of golden energy. As he propelled himself at speeds rivaling space
cruisers he charged more energy into his remaining arm. His aura dimmed
as the energy switched route and was refocused. The energy in his right
hand had now become blinding. For the first time the energy had become
hot to Gold's touch. It was so hot that he nearly released his hold on
it. He instead held on and charged it more, sure that it wasn't strong
enough to do the job.

Gold: "Almost..."

He was much closer now and could actually see the Rotkennk
beast's outline behind all the blue energy it was charging. He counted to
himself hoping that the creature needed as much time as he thought it would
need. Once the heat in his hand became too much to bear he knew that now
was the time.

Gold: "Now!"

While still keeping his blinding momentum he released a
massive wave of golden energy in an unfiltered stream which moved exponentially
faster than the speed that he was moving. So much light lit up the area
that it looked as if the sun itself had exploded, beautifully and wildly, and
with incredible warmth. This small pocket of space was actually
warm. The creature took note and tried, in vain, to stop the oncoming
wave of golden light. It fired its two massive blue projectiles, but they
were quickly engulfed and redirected into the beast.

Though nothing could be heard in space, Gold swore he could
briefly hear the beast crying out in agony. In an instant it was all over
and Gold looked on as his golden energy traveled far and fast. After a
while he couldn't see it anymore, but then saw the light briefly flash in its
final explosion.

Now he was alone and tired and for the first time since his
captivity — cold. Despite all of his fears he had survived which he had
also feared. But he was spent. The little energy he had he was
using just to stay afloat and alive, but he wasn't sure how long he would be
able to stay conscious. As soon as he lost consciousness he would lose
his aura of golden energy and once he lost that then space itself would claim
him. He couldn't survive raw out here like the Masked Ones. He
didn't even have enough power to fly back to the graveyard planet. He
would die here, he knew. He figured that before he even launched his
final attack.

Gold: "It's much better to die being the most powerful
in the universe than a weakling. My how far I've come."

He laughed until that effort was too much. His eyes
were becoming heavier and heavier. He had beaten the Masked Ones only to
lose to sleep. How odd. He laughed again. Space was slowly
losing its stars. The ones from the bottom and top were slowly being
devoured by a darkness even darker than space itself. That's when
something flashed before his vision. It was quick, but it startled him to
consciousness again.

Gold: "The Masks? They're back, but why?"

He pushed himself to follow, slowly but surely. The
Masks had flown in the direction of his blast and eventually he managed to
catch up to them.

Gold: "Oh no! This can't be!"

The Masks looked to be pulling what was left of the Rotkennk
brothers. They were in a sorry state, the both of them. Both were
bisected horizontally from the torso, burned, and missing more than a few
limbs. Their own original Masks had returned to them in this state.
A yellow skull of fire for K and a yellow skull of thorns for Xen.

Gold: "This is utter madness!"

Xen had looked up at him with fire in his hollow eye
sockets.

Xen: "No this is justice."

K: "Our father's will is absolute. You will
return to us. Alive —"

Xen: "Or dead."

Gold: "Not at all. You're in a sorrier state than
I am."

Xen: "You betray yourself with your ignorance at every
turn. To me Blade-dancer!"

K: "To me Darcell!"

The Masks merged with their masters, but had failed at
creating the Masked Warriors Dar'K and Blade-dan'Xen. Instead the Masks
had provided the necessary nanites for both K and Xen to regrow their lost
limbs and recover from some of the damage. Once they absorbed the Masks
they stretched their new limbs. Xen telepathically talked to K on a
separate communication channel.

Xen: "This is it, brother. We need to finish him
now before he can muster any more power."

K: "He's on his last legs. We can bring him in
alive still."

Xen: "So are we if you hadn't noticed. We can't
risk any more attacks from him. Our Masks won't be operable for some time
after this. They'll need a lot of time to recover."

There was silence between the two that lasted a while as K
thought it through.

K: "Darn it all! You're right. We can't
risk it."

K switched his mental channel with that of the golden
fighter.

K: "It was my intention to bring you back with us alive
Gold. But I can't do that. You have proven to be too dangerous and
it is beyond my ability to bring you back alive. I am sorry to you and to
my race. I wish there was another way."

Gold pondered that. He wanted to say that they could
always leave him here to complete freedom, but when he thought about it, that
freedom would be ever so brief and the cold vacuum of space would soon have
him.

Gold: "It is your choice. I am done. There
is nothing I can do. Either you or space will have me."

K: "Then prepare for the end."

Gold: "I've been ready for a while now."

Gold found himself wrapped in a thin layer of darkness that
was colder than space and seemed to be sucking the life right out of him, he
was getting groggier. He looked over at Xen who looked to be holding a
dim blue light in his hand. It glowed a little brighter and cloaked his
upper body in a pale blue light.
They have only a little bit more in
their reserves than me
, he thought to himself, they don't have to worry about
surviving in space though.

K: "It has been an honor to fight you. I wish we
could fight again. Goodbye warrior."

And then the cold wasn't so cold and Gold closed his eyes.

******

"That is enough Masked Ones!"

A voice telepathically boomed into the minds of the
brothers. Xen fired his Positron energy wave at Gold, but it was
deflected with little effort. It merely bounced away. Xen clenched
his fist in anger. A shiny new figure stood where the blast was set to
detonate and it cradled Gold in its arms.

"You have had your fun, now it's time for you to
go."

K to Xen: "The other anomaly. I wasn't aware that
they were in the same sector."

Xen to K: "This one can hide his power well. That
alone makes him more dangerous than Gold. Our radars can't even detect
him."

"Looks like I was too late to this fight. I
wanted to get here sooner to help. Together we could've beaten even the
sons of K'OS."

Xen's blast hadn't even left a scratch on the Rotkennk
warrior's silver body.

Xen: "The fight isn't over yet."

"Spare me. My brother brought you to your limits
and now I can beat you both easily enough, but I'd rather get him out of
here. So for today let's call it a draw."

K was amused by this new guest, Xen was not. He
bristled at the disrespect, but there was nothing he could do about it.

Xen: "Get him out of here. Just know that we'll
be back, both my brother and I."

"And my brother and I will be ready to meet you."

K: "What is your name, Rotkennk brother?"

"I was a Builder, I never had one. What did my
brother call himself?"

K: "Gold."

"Then I am Silver."

K: "Til next time, Silver."

Silver: "I pray that day doesn't come soon for all our
sakes."

And with that both sets of twin Rotkennk warriors set off in
opposite directions of the galaxy. They knew that one day despite their
shared heritage that they would meet again on the battlefield. When that
would be, only time would tell. For now all were content to be alive and,
though strange for creatures born of machinery, were happy to have family
standing by their sides.

K: "It is sad to have to fight them. In a way
they are like us."

Xen: "Orders are orders brother. You don't want
to displease father after all or Raven for that matter."

K: "That's a frightening thought."

Xen: "Now come on let's get back to the Nebula X."

K: "I thought I told you that my half of the ship is to
remain nameless."

Xen: "Well when it's combined with my half it's going
to be called the Nebula X. My ship must have style after all."

K: "No! I refuse. If you continue with this
there will be a mutiny."

Xen: "You're only half the crew dimwit. Mutiny
this!"

K: "Ow! You scoundrel! Take this!"

Xen: "You're really going to use dark rays against your
big brother like that?"

K: "Who says you're the big brother?"

Xen: "Isn't it obvious? I’m the mature one."

K: “Like hell you are!”

And the brothers went on like that for who knows how
long. In the cold, distant, lonely reaches of space moments like this
were to be cherished. See you next time travelers as we use these guiding
stars in this great sea of black.

The Lowdown on Story
of K

Story of K is an absurd tale about a warrior who’s the son
of a living mechanized planet who travels the galaxy and conquers in his
father’s name. The warrior is K and like his father, he is made of
nanites. For the uninitiated, nanites aka nanomachines are microscopic
robots programmed for a certain task. In my story, the Rotkennk race is a
race of bio-organic robots composed mostly of nanites. The Rotkennk
possess beyond cutting edge artificial intelligence and are guided by their
creator, K’s father K’OS. K is a special kind of Rotkennk referred to as
a Masked One along with his brother Xen. They serve K’OS directly and to
gain more strength they find and absorb the masks and powers of their long dead
brothers who were sent to conquer the galaxy before they did. By
travelling the universe for K’OS or for their own whims the brothers discover
many powerful opponents and intense situations. The universe, after all,
is not a peaceful place and no one wants to be conquered. I’ve already
planned a ton of planets and other races and characters with unique powers and
abilities to inhabit the universe. So K, Xen, and the rest of the
Rotkennk are not the only ones to inhabit this vast galaxy.

Above all Story of K represents a story that I’ve wanted to
tell since childhood. Its influences are plain to see as you read
it. Dragon Ball-esque battles, Digimon-esque transformations, and shounen
manga-esque character growth. There’s loads of other inspirations too,
but I’ll let you guess at those. All of the characters seen in this story
are based off of toys I used to play with. Most of the characters that
I’ve planned are actually based off of those toys as well.

This part of the tale, An Infinite Golden Light will occur
at some point later down the line of the story once I start it properly.
Here I just wanted to try an idea and see how far I could take that idea.
So this was a good start for me. I got to actually dive into this world
that I’ve been planning for so long and test its characters out. So my
plans are for this to be a book series with a shounen manga feel to it and
maybe some art for the chapter headings at least. Before I start this
series from the beginning I just want to gauge how people feel about it.
I have a lot of projects already ahead of this one, but if the demand is here
for this story then I’ll write more of it. Most of it is already planned
out so if enough of you tell me that you want more then I will be obligated to
oblige you. You can do this by reviewing this book from wherever you
bought it as soon as you finish it. I mean like now, go! Go!
Just indicate in your review that you’d like to see more Story of K.

Even if there is no big demand for this series right now, I
will eventually get to it and maybe later in life when my resources have
improved and technology has accommodated me (and my failing art skills) even
more I’ll be able to do a proper manga for this story. We can all dream,
can’t we?